Jose Miguel Cabrera Torres also know as Miggy, or Miguel Cabrera is my top Most Valuable Player candidate. Miguel is consistently in the top categories that everyone knows of is the batting average, home runs, and runs batted in. He is also the top in some other statistics that get over looked and under appreciated. First of all, over the past two seasons he has only missed two games! That is insane considering there are 162 games in each season totaling 324 games. That is not even counting spring training and the postseason. You know for a fact he is not sitting out a playoff game! Spring training is another thing, but that is for the benefit of his ball club so they can see the youngsters perform and make the club. Miggy is also in the top of total bases, on base percentage, slugging percentage, and on base plus slugging percentage. Last season was Miguel's tenth season. Over the course of his career he has been an MVP candidate every season! He has been ranked in the top 27, every season he has played. Of those ten seasons, he has been voted in the top 5 six times! Cabrera is my top candidate because he is one of the best hitters, an above average fielder with a great arm, and he is a team player. Sure everyone wants to win, and wants to help their team get better. Miguel though is different; Miguel switched to a position he was unfamiliar to. He had a tremendous season at first base in Detroit for the Tigers batting a career high in batting average with a .344 average. The next offseason, the Tigers pursued Milwaukee first baseman Prince Fielder. Miggy knew that Fielder would increase his chance to win the big dance, the coveted championship, the World Series. Cabrera trained all offseason, spring season, and throughout the regular season at third base so the Tigers could bring in Prince. Miguel sacrificed himself for the greater good of the team, and that is what puts him over the top in my mind to be an annual MVP contender.
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